Macua, Wamua warn of looming protest around Xolobeni consultation
Community rights bodies Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action (Wamua) on Thursday announced plans to picket at the offices of the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR).
This would be to serve notice that, should Minister Gwede Mantashe and the DMR continue to “bully” the community of Xolobeni, Macua would launch a national campaign in support of the community, which would see mining affected communities from across South Africa take to the streets.
Macua believed Mantashe was ignoring court rulings compelling him to consult with mining affected communities as legitimate stakeholders of the mining sector.
Mantashe on Wednesday announced the start of an independent survey in Xolobeni within the next few weeks, to allow the community to decide if mining would proceed in the area.
On the basis of the outcomes of the survey, the Minister said the DMR would then take a firm decision on the way forward.
This followed after a meeting with the community last week.
The DMR said the survey was in line with the outcomes of the judgement in the High Court in Pretoria last year, calling for thorough consultation of the Xolobeni community prior to any granting of a mining right.
“If the community says no, there will be no mining, if the community says yes, mining will proceed,” the DMR stated.
Mantashe also planned to appeal the Xolobeni judgement, since it, in his view, took away the DMR’s authority to award mining licences and rather gave it to local communities.
The Xolobeni community, represented by the Amadiba Crisis Committee, has been fighting proposals by Transworld Energy and Minerals, which is a subsidiary of Australian mining company MRC, to mine titanium in the area.
Article Enquiry
Email Article
Save Article
Feedback
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here
Research Reports
Projects
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
Stewarts & Lloyds is a leading steel, tube, and engineering product supplier in South Africa.
VISIT SHOWROOM
Design, Construction and Maintenance of Site Erected, Welded Bulk Storage Tanks for the Petrochemical, LNG, Ammonia and Sustainable fuel Sectors.
VISIT SHOWROOM
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
